The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Dougherty County's Confederate Vet
Grams Form an Association-A Proba
| bility That Fox Hunting Will b.
Revived in Southwest Georgia -
Monster Snake Killed Near Albany.
GEORGIA.
There is a gentleman in Athens who ha
made $3.50, 900 in the past ten years.
Capt Beusse, of Athens was one of the
49-ers who went to California in search o.
gold.
At AIlledgeville the entire faculty of Tho
college were reelected, and Capt. Mathe
sons salary was increased from 5000 TO 5000
John II. Coker harvested one of the finest
oat crops ever gathered in Dougherty county
From 10 acres he threshed out 800 bushels
besides feeding a great many away in the
straw
The Confederate veterans of DOugherty
county have organized an association. Capt.
R. Hobbs is President; w. Ii. Gilbert Vice
PRESIDENT and j. I. Hester, Secretary and
Treasury
At Columbus Saturday a negro boy
named Howard Lamb had two fingers cut
off while feeding the sausage mill of Messrs.
Smith Bros, near the market house DIR.
George Grimes rendered the surgical treat
ment and the boy is doing very well.
Darien Timber Gazette: Darien needs a
factory of some kind, it matters not on how
small a scale to commence with A start in
the right direction is all that is needed. As
TO material we have it in abundance The
finest clay for making bricks, hard woods Of
every description, supply of pitch pine
for quality at least second to none in the
world, and palmetto and moss in unlimited
quantities right at our doors.
A gentleman of Albany, who has excel
lent judgment and fine taste as to popular
amusements, says that he has been thinking
about the erection of a pavilion for dan
cling, and with bath rooms below, at the
creek. He estimates that an average of
fifty an evening would frequent the
grounds If constructed it would be mod
eled after the pavilion at Ponce DeLeon
Spring, at Atlanta, with ten-pin alleys and
other amusements below the dancing hall
Bath rooms would extend out over the
creek.
Darien Timber Gazette: The fact that the
coastwise shipments of pitch-pine timber
and lumber increased from IA, 100000 super
fetal feet in 1885 to "A, 0000 600 feet in 1856
as has been shown in the annual report TO
the government, is patent argument in
favor of Darien'S progreSsivenesS. Coast
wise vessels are almost without exception of
shallow draught, and no difficulty whatever
has been experienced in inducing such YES
sells to come here. Hence the great increase
in this line of shipments. Foreign ship
ments, we have no hestancy in predicting,
would increase in like manner were the en-
trance over the bar deepened so as to make
the crossing safe for foreign vessels of large
size This will doubtless be accomplished in
short time, and we shall then be able to
boast OF live town.
Darien Timber Gazette: Capt. Rasmus-
sen, of the Norwegian bark FOrsoget. some
days ago cabled home to the underwriters
company, in which his vessel is insured
asking at what draught the company would
assume the risk over Doboy bar The
prompt reply was Is feet Norwegian, equal
to about 1874 English feet. While 10 or 20
feet would have been equally
safe for the company, we still have
reason to feel pleased at this fact, as il
shows that confidence in our bar is being
restored. The unjust clamor that was made
by some captains two or three years ago re-
suited in these far-off companies refusing to
risk more than II feet draught over the bar.
Now they have come up to 1879 feet Per
haps a year from now, with some work
done by the government, they will not be
particular about restricting vessels of any
size.
The old-time sport of fox-hunting that
was so generally INDUCED in Dougherty
county, was a pleasure extracted from ne
cessity. Reynard was pestiferous denizen,
and preyed increasingly upon the tender
lambs OF the shepherds fold, and on the
chickens of the housewives hennery, These
depredations forced the necessity os the
declmahon of the pest, and determination
possible Dogs were kept in packs, trained
to scent and follow the trail of the foxes
ana what was a necessity was
happily converted into a sport that
AFFORDED one OF the most pleasing
diversions OF the country life The prowi-
ing, willy foxes were SO closely hunted wears
ago that they were greatly thinned out, and
fox hounds were neglected The conse-
quence is that very few fox dogs are to be
found IN the country, and the foxes are null
tiplying greatly to the ANNOYANCE of farm
els whose lambs and chickens they modest.
planter said at Albany Saturday that the
foxes are multiplying so that he intends to
collect pack of dogs and return to the
chase" as III the good old days of the past.
Some five or six years since a monster
snake was seen in Rawls Pond, six miles be-
low Albany, and the gentleman who saw it
related his adventure to a number of in
credulous friends. II has remained to this
day matter of jest among the acauaiut-
ances OF the frightened gentleman, the re-
ported proportions of the huge reptile.
Among the number who heard the state
ment with mental reservation was DR. c.
+. Hartwen, who owns a large plantation
embracing the larger part Of the swamp
surrounding the pond. The doctor is now
however, a firm believer, but it required
seeing TO convince him. One day last week
he was out in the field with his farm hands.
and having occasion TO go into the edge of the
swamp encountered a snake, the sight of
which almost took his breath away. The
reptile showed fight, and the doctor called
tT MS laboerS. One responded, but seeing
the snake, he fled. The others were called
and with great poles the brigade surrounded
his snakeship, and made an attack that re-
suited in its death. DIR. Hartwell saws that
he thought he had seen big snakes before
but all native snakes were midgets by this
monster, which was larger than any he ever
saw in any circus museum. 1t proved TO be
of variety of water snake, about ten feet
long, nearly as large as an ordinary mans
thigh in circumference, with a very large
head. When it opened its mouth it seemed
possible for it to enclose a mans head.
FLORIDA.
II isreported that Lakeland will soon have
d patent medicine manufactorv